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    The Human Rights Salutation 2022 was held at the Good Shepherd Convent Kandy on December 11th with the theme of protecting freedom of expression to uphold democracy. Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis was the chief guest and Hon. Ruby Woodside was the guest of honor. Three human rights activists were awarded for their work promoting human rights amid challenges. Students who won the art and essay competition were also recognized. Bishop Valence spoke about upholding fundamental rights and not conflicting religious values with human rights. Hon. Ruby Woodside emphasized the importance of democratic values like freedom of expression. There were over 2,000 participants in the art and essay competitions from 138 schools in Kandy district.

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    The Human Rights Salutation 2022 was held at the Good Shepherd Convent Kandy on December 11th with the theme of protecting freedom of expression to uphold democracy. Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis was the chief guest and Hon. Ruby Woodside was the guest of honor. Three human rights activists were awarded for their work promoting human rights amid challenges. Students who won the art and essay competition were also recognized. Bishop Valence spoke about upholding fundamental rights and not conflicting religious values with human rights. Hon. Ruby Woodside emphasized the importance of democratic values like freedom of expression. There were over 2,000 participants in the art and essay competitions from 138 schools in Kandy district.

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    The Human Rights Salutation 2022 was held at the Good Shepherd Convent Kandy on December 11th with the theme of protecting freedom of expression to uphold democracy. Rt. Rev. Dr. Valence Mendis was the chief guest and Hon. Ruby Woodside was the guest of honor. Three human rights activists were awarded for their work promoting human rights amid challenges. Students who won the art and essay competition were also recognized. Bishop Valence spoke about upholding fundamental rights and not conflicting religious values with human rights. Hon. Ruby Woodside emphasized the importance of democratic values like freedom of expression. There were over 2,000 participants in the art and essay competitions from 138 schools in Kandy district.

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    The Human Rights Salutation 2022 of the Human Rights Office Kandy was held at the Good Shepherd

    Convent
    Kandy on the 11th December 2022 with the theme “Protect freedom of expressions to uphold democracy". Rt. Rev. Dr.
    Valence Mendis the Bishop
    of the Central Province was
    the chief guest and Hon.
    Ruby Woodside, the political
    officer of the US embassy to
    Sri Lanka was the guest of
    honor.

    Three prominent Human


    Rights Activists were
    awarded this year for their
    commitment in protecting and promoting Human Rights midst of nemours challenges. The winners of the inter
    school - Kandy district art and essay competition were also awarded during the Human Rights Day celebration.

    Fr. Nandana Manatunga, the Director of the Human Rights


    Office, welcoming the chief guest and the guest of honor,
    congratulated the award winners and the school Art and Essay
    competition winners. Explaining the purpose of the
    International Human Rights day event, he recalled the efforts
    of the people expressing their desire for a democratic country
    free of corruption and political stability. However, he said now
    people have lost the democratic space to freely express and
    therefore the Human Rights Office selected the theme "Protect
    freedom of expressions to uphold democracy".
    Bishop Valence, in his keynote address explained the Fundamental Rights
    enshrined in the constitution that are essential for the Human Person to live a
    fuller human Life. Further, he said that Human Rights should not be in conflict
    with religious values. In his address, Bishop Valence mentioned that Justice
    was still to be delivered to the victims of the Easter Sunday attack and our
    country was experiencing the worst Economic crisis due to the
    mismanagement of funds and political decisions. The Bishop reiterated that
    the people have only two options that is to seek God's intervention and work
    together with harmony.

    Hon. Ruby Woodside, the political officer of the US embassy to Sri Lanka
    addressing the gathering pointed out the urgency to uphold democratic
    values, especially the freedom of expression and she explained U.S. -
    Sri Lanka relations based on shared democratic values and a rules-based
    regional and international order. Current U.S policy in Sri Lanka aims to
    support Sri Lanka’s democratic institutions,
    encourage its economic development and
    promote a free, open, and prosperous Indo-
    Pacific region the US assistance.

    Rt. Revd. Kumara Illangasinghe was awarded for his commitment as a Religious Leader
    in protecting & promoting Human Rights, especially for defending the Rights of the Poor
    and the Marginalized.
    Mrs. Visaka Dharmadasa was awarded for her commitment
    in defending the Rights of the War Affected Women and
    becoming a voice for the voiceless.

    Mr. Tharindu Jayawardhana was awarded for his


    commitment in safeguarding the freedom of expression and
    information, and for the untiring work defending the rights of
    the defenseless as a Journalist and a Human Rights Activist.

    There were 538 Sinhala


    Essays and 436 Tamil
    Essays for the essay
    competition while there
    were 1233 Arts from all
    age groups. In total 2207
    participated in Art &
    essay competitions from
    138 schools from Kandy
    district.
    The arts competitors were further encouraged by displaying the selected Arts of all age categories and the selected
    essays were compiled into a book and were given to the essay competitors and the special invitees. Further, the
    2022 International Human Rights day event was made meaningful with video presentations on the efforts made by
    HRO, the cultural items and the preforming art on freedom of expression. The birth of Christ, the Prince of Peace was
    reminded with a fusion of carols by the choir of the Good Shepherd Convent Kandy.

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